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"Dead Man's Cell Phone" skillfully weaves between the light and dark of life and afterlife, at BTL through March 8

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Written by: Douglas Graves
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 28 February 2026
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Usually, it’s just Facebook friends that linger on for months or even years after they checkout.

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Rachel Williams, makes it clear that dying is not so simple if a stranger picks up your cell phone after you have croaked.

This play might cause you to question your connected lifestyle. To wonder if your so-called friends would ever call you if they hadn’t heard from you in while. Maybe you will think about your relationship with Mom—is she really proud of you?

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Cheeky and provocative "Everybody" at Muhlenberg, through March 1

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 27 February 2026
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An innovative and provocative production of “Everybody” by Muhlenberg College Theatre and Dance looks at mortality with cheeky humor and asks the audience to reflect on their lives as well.

Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ contemporary reimagining of the 15th-century morality play “Everyman,” is at Muhlenberg’s Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance, 2400 Chew St., Allentown through March 1.

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Frenetically funny "Puffs" at Cedar Crest

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 22 February 2026
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Cedar Crest College Department of Performing Arts delivers a frenetically funny “Puffs” in the laugh-a-minute satires inspired by Harry Potter.
“Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” runs through Feb. 22 at Samuels Theater, Cedar Crest College, 100 College Drive, Allentown.

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Act 1 DeSales' "Rhinoceros" haunting and compelling

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Written by: Kathy Lauer-Williams
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 21 February 2026
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Act 1 DeSales University Theater has staged a thought-provoking and haunting production of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist comedy “Rhinoceros.”
Unsettling and discomforting, the compelling play that uses a community transforming into rhinoceroses as a metaphor for people turning to fascism, resonates today.

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PYT's "Peter and the Starcatchers" a rollicking adventure at The Ice House

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Written by: Douglas Graves
Category: Play Reviews
Published: 15 February 2026
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For a rollicking adventure pack your eyepatch and take a voyage with Peter and the Starcatchers performed by The Pennsylvania Youth Theatre 13 -14 Feb..

A troupe of talented high schoolers turned-swashbucklers put on a delightful Feb. 13 Valentine Day weekend show at Charles A. Brown Ice House on River Road between the historic Lehigh Canal and the ice-crusted Lehigh River.

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More Articles …

  1. Dancers bedazzle in "In-Motion" at Muhlenberg
  2. Reclaimed Performing Arts stages powerful, effective "Macbeth" at The Ice House in Bethlehem
  3. NCC's “Circle Mirror Transformation,” builds slowly to satisfying conclusion
  4. Our strong recommendation of DCP’s deeply moving production of "The Diary of Anne Frank", through February 8
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PLAY REVIEWS

  • "The Watchers" may not terrify you, but it should, at The Ice House through Oct 19
  • "Allies" debates cultural identity, at Between the Lines Studio Theatre

AUDITIONS

  • Auditions for "An Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods", third part of CKP's Irish trilogy
  • AUDITIONS for "THE WATCHERS" A chilling new play for a chilling new world

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • "The Watchers" at The Ice House--- Is This America's Dystopian Nightmare Wake-Up Call?
  • At The Ice House, "Black Angel – A Staged Reading by Francine Gold" --- a special one-night showcase of Act 1 of Black Angel — a powerful new play, presented by Basement Poetry